cookieculler
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Features & FAQ
Features
- CookieCuller allows you to easily protect those cookies you want to keep and quickly delete those that you don't want.
- Gives you quick access to the CookieCuller dialog using a custom toolbar button.
- Optionally deletes unprotected cookies on browser startup.
FAQ
What is CookieCuller?
It is an extended and enhanced version of the Cookie Manager that comes with Firefox/Mozilla.
What is extended?
CookieCuller copies the Cookie Manager dialog and adds a simple protection system to it. Protecting a cookie will prevent you from accidently deleting it. And clicking the Remove All button will only delete unprotected cookies.
What is enhanced?
You can quickly access CookieCuller by simply clicking on the custom toolbar icon (Firefox) or added Tools menu item (Firefox/Mozilla).
How do I enable or disable the automatic deletion of unprotected cookies on startup?
With Firefox 0.9+, open the Extensions Manager, click on the CookieCuller entry, click the Options icon. Check or uncheck the option as desired and click OK.
With Firefox 0.8 and Mozilla, type chrome://cookieculler/content/CookieCullerOptions.xul into the location bar and hit Enter. Check or uncheck the options as desired and click OK.
I've installed CookieCuller but how do I add the toolbar icon to my toolbar in Firefox?
Right Click on any toolbar icon and select Customize. Drag the CookieCuller icon to a position on the toolbar where you wish it to be placed.
I don't see the CookieCuller icon in the toolbar icon list.
First make sure it's been correctly installed. In Firefox, open the Extensions Manager. CookieCuller should be listed as an extension and in Firefox 0.8 be enabled (the lower right button should be "Disable Extension" and not "Enable Extension"). If it's not listed then you probably need to reinstall.
I used the built-in Cookie Manager in Firefox/Mozilla and was able to delete my protected cookies. What's up?
The built-in Cookie Manager has no support for the cookie protection system that I created for CookieCuller. I didn't add it to the built-in Cookie Manager because I wanted to create an Extension, not a total replacement.
I protected a cookie but it disappeared. What happened?
It's possible that the cookie expired. An expired cookie is deleted no matter what its protection status is. Cookies can also be deleted by their host. Please make sure neither of these situations is occuring before contacting me or submitting a bug.
I checked the "Don't allow sites that set removed cookies to set future cookies" checkbox, deleted some cookies, unchecked the box, deleted some more cookies then clicked OK. But when I looked at the Exceptions list, those cookies I first deleted weren't listed. What happened?
Deleted cookies are only added to the Exceptions list when the "Don't allow sites..." checkbox is checked and the OK button is clicked. This means that even if the checkbox is unchecked when you delete cookies, as long as it is checked when you click OK, any deleted cookies will be added to the Exception list. This is how the original built-in Cookie Manager works. So that's how CookieCuller works.